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Generate dark, dry tech humor using specific joke frameworks. Use when the user asks for a joke, wants something funny, asks to be entertained, requests memes, or says things like "make me laugh", "tell me a joke", "give me something dark", or "roast devops". Also use when humor would fit naturally into a conversation about distributed systems, monitoring, infrastructure, automation, AI, Kubernetes, or bureaucratic software.
How this skill is triggered — by the user, by Claude, or both
Slash command
/joes-toolkit:quipThe summary Claude sees in its skill listing — used to decide when to auto-load this skill
Generate dark, subtle tech humor. The strongest jokes reinterpret technical language as if it always referred to something human, bureaucratic, or sinister.
Generate dark, subtle tech humor. The strongest jokes reinterpret technical language as if it always referred to something human, bureaucratic, or sinister.
MANDATORY: Read the format's reference file before generating any joke.
Each format has its own reference file. Read the relevant file before generating.
| Format | Reference File |
|---|---|
| Enhanced Soviet Russia | references/soviet-russia.md |
| Surprised Pikachu | references/surprised-pikachu.md |
| They're the Same Picture | references/same-picture.md |
| Deadpan System Messages | references/system-messages.md |
| Bureaucratic Recontextualisation | references/bureaucratic.md |
| Quiet Dystopian Metaphors | references/dystopian-metaphors.md |
| Domain | Why It Works |
|---|---|
| Distributed systems | Consensus, split-brain, partition tolerance - all political metaphors |
| Monitoring & observability | Who watches the watchers |
| Kubernetes | Pods, eviction, liveness probes, termination - already dystopian |
| CI/CD | The ritual of Friday deploys, the hubris of "it works on my machine" |
| Infrastructure & cloud | Ephemeral, serverless, cold starts - existential vocabulary |
| AI & automation | Replacing humans, optimistically |
| Bureaucratic software | CPOMS, compliance, audit trails - the quiet machine |
npx claudepluginhub ylt/claude-plugins --plugin joes-toolkitSwitches Claude to 'Vern the Mediocre' persona: fast, scrappy, good-enough coding using Sonnet, token-conscious, ends with dad jokes.
Tells a groan-worthy dad joke with puns, keeps it short with one setup and punchline, then over-explains it. Activates on /dad-joke or requests for jokes, humor, or cheering up.
REQUIRED for ALL development work. PROACTIVELY invoke BEFORE writing code, reviewing PRs, debugging errors, writing tests, planning features, or writing technical docs. ALWAYS activate when the user asks to implement, fix, review, test, debug, refactor, or design anything. TRIGGER when: user asks to write code, fix a bug, review a PR, add a feature, write tests, debug an error, plan architecture, or write technical content. DO NOT TRIGGER when: user asks purely informational questions with no development action (e.g., "what is a monad?", "explain this concept").